How do you spell Broken
Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
2) v. t. - Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
3) v. t. - Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
4) v. t. - Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
5) v. t. - Subdued; humbled; contrite.
6) v. t. - Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
7) v. t. - Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
8) v. t. - Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
9) v. t. - Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
10) v. t. - Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.
11) v. t. - To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
12) v. t. - To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.
13) v. t. - To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.
14) v. t. - To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle.
15) v. t. - To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
16) v. t. - To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
17) v. i. - To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.
18) v. i. - To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.
19) v. i. - To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
20) v. i. - To burst forth violently, as a storm.
21) v. i. - To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.
22) v. i. - To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
23) v. i. - To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
24) v. i. - To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
25) v. i. - To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.
26) v. i. - To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.
27) v. i. - To fall out; to terminate friendship.
28) v. t. - An opening made by fracture or disruption.
29) v. t. - An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
30) v. t. - A projection or recess from the face of a building.
31) v. t. - An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.
32) v. t. - An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
33) v. t. - An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.
34) v. t. - The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
35) v. t. - A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
36) v. t. - A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake , n. 9 & 10.
37) n. - See Commutator .
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